COUNTIES GET SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES -- MANY OTHERS, ARE STILL BEING TOLD NO. ONE COUPLE IN SANDOVAL COUNTY WAS DENIED TODAY. AND AS ACTION SEVEN NEWS REPORTER AARON HILF FOUND OUT -- THEY'RE TAKING LEGAL MEASURES TO GET MARRIED. CAROLYN VANHOUSEN AND GAIL GERING HAVE BEEN IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS. THE TWO HAVE TRIED TO GET MARRIED IN THE PAST -- BUT TODAY -- AS MORE COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE ALLOW SAME-SEX MARRIAGE -- THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL WHERE THEY LIVE. SO -- THEY GAVE IT A SHOT. "We asked the clerk for a license. She politely, but resolutely said no." THE COUPLE LIVE IN SANDOVAL COUNTY -- ONE OF THE MANY AREAS THAT STILL AREN'T ISSUING THE LICENSES. "It's upsetting." BUT THEY SAY THEY KNEW IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAPPEN FOR THEM TODAY. "I really didn't have high hopes that we would be issued a license." NOW -- WITH THE HELP OF THE A-C-L-U -- THE COUPLE IS FILING A LAWSUIT TO GET THE COUNTY TO GIVE THEM A MARRIAGE LICENSE. "It's part of the process that needs to happen in order for all the counties in New Mexico to be able to issue licenses." SANDOVAL COUNTY CLERK EILEEN GARBAGNI SAYS SHE WON'T ISSUE THE CERTIFICATES UNTIL A JUDGE GIVES HER THE GO AHEAD. VANHOUSEN AND GERING SAY THEY'RE CONFIDENT THE LAWSUIT WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN. "I'm very hopeful. Very hopeful about that." IN SANDOVAL COUNTY AARON HILF KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. THE A-C-L-U SAYS IT PLANS TO FILE THAT LAWSUIT TOMORROW.